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HAND CORN ANDBEAN PLANTER. No. 265,414. Patented 0015.3, 1882.

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' NiTED STATES ALBERT HOAG, OF GRAND ISLE, VERMONT.

HAND CORN AND BEAN PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 265,414, dated October3, 1882.

Application filed July 8, 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT HOAG, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Grand Isle, in the county of Grand Isle and State ofVermont, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Hand Corn andBean Planters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of thesame, reference being had to the annexed drawings, mak ing a part ofthis specification, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon.

Figure l is a rear elevation of my improved implement. Fig.2 is a frontelevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view. Fig. 4 is aperspective view of the furring-plate and valve, and Fig. 5 is avertical sectional view of the valve detached.

This invention has relation to hand-planters for corn,beans,&c.; and itconsists in the construction and novel arrangement of the guidelugs andstop-shoulders of the chambered footpiece, the cored casting forming thevalve-seat and the furriug-plate therein, the funnel connected by a lugand rivet to said casting, the spring-fastened pivot of thedropping-valve, and the iron open work plunger cast with oblique barsforming the walls of an oblique slot,as will be hereinafter fullydescribed,and pointed out in the claims appended.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the back board ofthe planter, and B the hopper or seed-reservoir attached to the upperportion thereof.

0 represents the foot-piece or opening-shoe, which is secured to theforked lower end of the back board, the branches of this forked endabutting against stop hearings or shoulders or, which are formed on thetransverse wall I) of said foot-piece. The guideway d of said footpieceis arranged with an opening which communicates with the opening betweenthe forked branches of the back board. The lateral walls 0 of thefoot-piece project from the sides of the transverse wall 1) beyond theforked end of the back board and in rear thereof to form the openchamber F, said lateral walls having guidelugs g projecting from theirinside faces toward each other.

H represents the iron plunger,which is cast with the openings h torender it light. In it are cast the oblique bars Ic, which form the side(No model.)

walls of the oblique slot Z, which engages the spur or arm at of thevalve N. This plunger works against the back board, A, and is connectedthereto by the transverse bracket-bar R. Its lower end plays in the openchamber F of the shoe, and is guided in its movements therein by thelugs 9. As the plunger descends it passes out between the transversewall I) of the shoe or foot-piece and the spring-plate S, the upper endof which is secured to a cross bar, a, connecting the upper portions ofthe walls 0.

To the upper end of the plunger-plate H is connected the wooden handle Kby means of the studs 1) and a screw or bolt, (1, said handle beingfirmly braced in position by the edge ribs or bearings r of the plate.

B designates the hopper or reservoir, which is fastened to the backboard at its upper part. The hopper is on the lront ot' the board, andis provided with a lid, 3, which is pivoted to the hopper-wall, asindicated in the drawings.

The bottom P of the hopper consists of an iron casting horizontallyrecessed or cored out to form the valve-seat ot' the valve N, which ispivoted thereto. The upper plate, t, of the casting is formed with anopening, 12, through which the grains pass into the pocket 2 of thevalve. The size of this pocket maybe varied by means of the adjustablepiece a, which is seated in a bearing in the valve and secured by meansof a clamp-screw, b. The bottom of the pocket is formed by the lowerplate, 0, of the hopperbase, which is formed with a lateral opening, (1,in the path of the pocket 2, of sufficient size to discharge all thegrains in said pocket. To the under side of the plate 0, in position tocommunicate with the opening (1 of said plate, is secured thefunnel-guide E by means of a lug, e,formed on its upper end and a rivetconnecting said lug to the plate 0. The lower end of this funnel-guideis seated in the upper end of the guideway d of the foot-piece.Perforations are made through the base-plates t and c for the passage ofthe pivot g of the valve. The lower end of said pivot, which ispreferably made of brass, is laterally bent to form a spring-latch, h,which, when said pivot is in position, is designed to engage a notchedcatchlug, on the under side of the hopper-base. The opening of therecess between the plates t and c is external and below the side wall ofthe hopper, and is of sufficient size to enable the valve N to bereadily removed for adjustment. This removal is also facilitated by thespringfastened pivot, as it can be disconnected in a moment from thevalve and the upper and lower plates of the valve-seat.

A fixed disk provided with a single aperture has been interposed betweenan upper and a lower movable seed-plate, prior to my invention; and I donot claim said construction herein.

This planter is operated by pressing the point of the shoe into theground as far as the pro iecting guide stop Z will allow. This pressureis ett'ected by means of the plunger and its hanthinner valve isemployed, and over the same is seated, in the valve-seat under thehopperbottom, a furring-plate, P, having an opening, 1*,through whichthe grain passes into the valve-pocket.

When this t'nrring-plate is in position itacts as a cut-off. It can beeasily removed when it is not required.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. The hand corn-planter having the wooden back board, A, iron plungerH, and shoe (J, formed with the shoulder-bearings a for the lower endsof the branches of the hack board, and the lateral guide-lugs engagingthe plunger, substantially as specified.

2. In a hand corn-planter, the cored "alve seat P, forming; thehopper-base, the openings in the plates thereof, the valve N, having thespring-fastened pivot y, and the iron plungerplate H, formed with theoblique guide-bars 1.: of the slot m, which engages the arm of thevalve, substantially as specilied.

3. In a hand cortrpla-nter having a valve seat and vibratory valve, thedetachable fun ring-plate IP, having the opening, o placed over thevalve to allow but one grain to pass at a time into the pocket of thevalve, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT HOAG. *itnesses:

ARCIIIBALD HENRY WATERMAN JACKSON, REUBEN EMERY SAMsoN.

